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. 2022 Jul 8;3(7):442-444.
doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2022.06.008.

Multi-day perfusion of transplant organs: The how and the why

Alexander Sagar  1 , Peter Friend  2
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Multi-day perfusion of transplant organs: The how and the why

Alexander Sagar et al. Med. .
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Abstract

In a recent paper, Clavien et al. demonstrate the successful transplant of a sub-optimal donor liver using multi-day normothermic machine perfusion. This technological milestone opens up exciting new avenues for liver transplantation with the potential to ameliorate donor organ shortages and permit targeted therapeutic interventions.

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Declaration of interests P.F. is a co-founder, Chief Medical Officer (part-time), and stockholder of OrganOx, an Oxford University spinout company that was established to develop clinical normothermic machine perfusion technology. He is an inventor named on the patent that supports the underlying perfusion technology. A.S. has no competing interests to declare.

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